Lamp-shade.



No. 843,974. PATENTBD PEB. 12, 1907.*

F. THIEDIG."

LAMP SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16. 1906.

invented j of the same.

j' STATES PATENT" OFFICE.` FRANK minnie, or diiioco, ILLINOIS.

LAMPwSHAIDE.

To a/Zt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK THIEDIG, citizen of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Shades, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to electroliers or chandeliers, and embodies particularly a new way of attaching and mounting art glass ornaments or forms upon an electric-lamp socket.

The invention is particularly adapted to the production of flower-forms forming shades for such lamps, and includes means vfor attaching the leaves or petals to their support.

Heretofore vin making iiower-form shades of a number of separate petals they have been secured by metal strips extending around 4the rim or edges of the leaves and soldered at the inner ends .to a support. This has the defect that the metal strip when the lamp is lighted produces a black line or shadow around the leaf, which is inartistic and objectionable.

This invention provides means for attaching the leaf or petal at the base thereof without the strip referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation v.of a pond-lily shade and lamp embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectio'n thereof. Fig, 3 is a face view of one of the petals before being attached. Fig. 4 is a face view of`the metal clamp by which the leafis attached. Fig. 5 is an'inner face view showing `the clamp attached to the petal.v Fig. 6 1s an edge viewk Referring s ecifically to the drawings, 6 indicates an e ectric-lamp socket, and 7 the lamp. The leaves or petals 8 of which'the flower-form is made are' secured to the upper or outer end of a sleeve 9, which is of proper size to fit over the lamp-socket, on which it is removably held by screws 10, which enter bayonet-slots 11 in the sleeve. 'A slot 12 is made in the sleeve to receive the socket-key. The screws 10 are conveniently the screws found on lamp-sockets for the urpose of attaching the parts thereof toget 1er and in the manner shown may be made to serve the double purpose of holding the 'sleeve 9 on the socket. i

The leaves or petals 8 are attached to the upper end of and solder. Each petal lhas at the base thereof lugs 13 'at opposite edges. A clamp or attaching-piece, as shown in Fig. 4, is ap plied to each petal.` The clamp is formed of brass or other exible sheet metal and has arms 14, which are bent around the petal above the lugs 13, and legs or branches 15, which are bent up over the lower end of the petal, as shown in Fig. 5. The slotv 16, between said branches, assists in the attacliment of the clamps to the shell b the solder to take better hold. T e attachment of the leaf to the shell is effected by means of solder 17, which joins the clamps to the sleeve 9 in the desired arrangement to produce the flower-form. 1

The '-whole shade or flower can b e removed by taking out the lamp andJ loosening the .screws 1.0, which allows the sleeve to be slipped orf the socket. The construction allows flower-forms to'be made up in stock,

and they can then be placed on any socket whenever`and Wherever desired. The parts of the leaves or petals exposed to the rays of the lamp are free from metal strips or pieces,

and conse uently an artistic: effect is ob? tained free rom the objectionable black lines or shadows incident to metal parts extending around the leaves into the lines of vision.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

55 the sleeve by means of clamps enabling 1. The combination with a support, and a glass shade-section having projecting lugs at the ba so thereof, of a lmetal clamp secured to the support and having arms bent around the shade-section above the lugs.

2. I.The combination with a support, and a glass shade-section having projecting lugs at the base, of a metal clamp soldered to the support and having arms embracing the shade-section above the lugs, and a slotted portion to Which'the solder is applied,

In .testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of l two subscribing witnesses.

. FRANK THIEDIG.

Witnesses: 1

SIGNA FELTsKoG, H. G. BATCHELOR. 

